Sasa juu walifunga hii gym lakini bado iko na equipments ndani si wapige mnada tuone kama tunaweza jinyakulia kitu. Why keep a business closed for 2 years without auctioning it to lease out the space to other tenants?
Hio ni Easy Gym, hapana Smart Gym. Wazungu washienzi sana. That gym became successful beyond their wildest expectations, halafu during COVID wakaamua kupeleka rent dispute kortini badala ya kunego na landlord. Wangejua Kenya kesi inachukua ata miaka kumi hawangefanya huo upus. Whatever the outcome, they’ll pay through the nose.
Miaka mbili imefungwo
Had it gotten that popular?
Very popular particularly among the ladies. Always full whenever I made random TRM trips.
Yep, very popular. Peak hours ilikua tricky kupata idle machine na it was decently stocked (kama treadmill zilikua kumi na unangoja like 10 to 15 minutes ndio mtu amalize). They started with around 1800 bob per month but by the time they were shutting down it had increased to 2500. By now I’m sure wangekua wamefikisha 3k per month due to demand. Some members were openly asking them to increase the rates further to reduce the traffic.
At least one other decent gym in Roysambu (Heavensis) had to shut down because Easy gym took a huge chunk of their customers. Given that their European branches charge as little as 13 pounds per month (around 1800 Kshs), I’d say their Kenyan operation had more potential, even if it hadn’t broken even. If not for that mishap during COVID, I’m sure by now they’d have opened at least two other gyms in Nairobi.
I must have completely missed this. The one two times I’d been in TRM, it always seemed to have only a few clients inside.
Walishindwa kulipa rent au nini ?
Niliskia that they had issue with rent before the pandemic .
From what I know vile lockdown iliekwa watu wakaacha kuenda gym ni kama they wanted the landlord to either suspend rent payment or give a steep discount lakini management ikakataa. Hapo ndio mzozano ilianza. Last I heard the Kenyan manager claimed they had 600 active members, meaning walikua wana-make at least 1.5m per month ukihesabu na 2500 per member.
Na kulikua some loaded guys who’d pay for one-on-one training, supplements, and those other activities that gyms organize (kama hiking). Sijui rent ya hio place but I think at the very least they were making enough to cover it and pay salaries. It would have taken them longer to recoup the capital investment coz they had several serious machines. Halafu payments zilikua via mpesa or credit card ndio biometric access ikue automatically renewed for the month.
Anayway, kila biz huwa na hidden challenges zake, maybe they were making losses, but it looked like they had cracked it. Kama mimi singewai lipa 5k or above for monthly membership, so that 2500 was very affordable, ata ingefika 3k bado ningeweza. Halafu there were always people making inquiries about joining. If not for those missteps during COVID, by now I think wangekua wamefikisha around 1500 to 2000 active members.
Damn…with all the investment made , for two years it’s been shut. What a waste. The landlord should acquire it and run it . My thoughts
Just imagine me auctioning that yeah crib because you are out of this country. Go open your business. Stop waiting for auctioned products idiot
Captain Obvious you are a retard but am always impressed by how you are in the know in every little thing happening in Nairobi
He’s better than you tenfold
I’ve thought about investing in a serious gym. Vile wakenya wanakula unhealthy people like @kush yule mnono could use my services. Its a field that i think has not been well exploited by akina Thiong’o
There’s this gym,sray wote wa Nairobi wanaojiweza hupenda, Ntalami, Tewa na wengine hupenda. Pocket gym, check them out. Saw they have 2 branches, Kileleshwa and South C (recently opened)
This Gym is back with - but a different name
What name?
yaani @Ngimanene na matharo anaweza post something that is not matusi…im impressed…keep up the good spirit
Nunua bench press, squat rack na dumbbell kadhaa hakuna haha ya kulipa membership
He is overweight and stressed he needs a let out, gym suites him